46 I Jotun Group Report 2020 Employees and the workplace / Digital solutions
Over the past decade, Jotun’s growing size and global reach
has accelerated our company’s embrace of digital learning,
allowing the company to blend both digital and physical
learning to build competence. However, when the pandemic
took hold, live, in-person classroom training was no longer
possible. To continue driving competence development,
Jotun scaled up its digital learning portfolio in a broad range
of categories, including Digital Workplace training, online
workshops and Academy trainings, content Toolboxes, and
increased use of new digital learning formats like video,
screencasts and webinars.
JOTUN ACADEMY GOES DIGITAL
Normally Jotun offers live in-person Basic Management
Training (BMT) to about 300 newly appointed managers. Due
to COVID-19 restrictions, candidates were not able to gather
in classrooms. To make BMT available online, content was split
into shorter modules and the training sessions were delivered
via MS Teams, a teleconferencing tool. Jotun rearranged the
course into half-day sessions and required more advanced
preparation to allow more time in each digital classroom
session for exercises and engagement. New digital-friendly
learning tools were introduced, such as breakout rooms and
quizzes. Out of the 48 training programmes available in the
Jotun Academy portfolio, 21 are now available digitally.
Jotun increased the use of its dedicated film studio, where the
company shoots films to reinforce key messages, and trained
course leaders to help them adjust to teaching in an online
classroom environment.
While online training was the only option in 2020, Jotun will
deliver Jotun Academy training both in classrooms and online
when the pandemic subsides. However, by scaling up our
digital learning capabilities, Jotun will have more robust and
flexible tools to offer employees greater access to valuable
competencies they can use to build their careers and support
Jotun’s growth in the future.
Scaling up digital learning
When the coronavirus pandemic emerged last spring, Jotun’s Competence Development
department concentrated their efforts to digitalise critical training courses and make them
available to the global network online.